Linking Youth Union and Pioneer activities with movements in schools

Afternoon of April 13,Department of Education and TrainingandNghe An Provincial Youth Unionorganized the signing ceremony of the cooperation program between the Education sector and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Nghe An province for the period 2020 - 2025.

The conference was chaired by comrades: Thai Van Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Education and Training, Le Van Luong - Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union.

Director of the Department of Education and Training Thai Van Thanh speaks at the signing ceremony. Photo: MH.

Previously, in the period 2016 - 2020, the work of education, training and fostering the young generation between the two sectors achieved many remarkable results.

Specifically, many political education and traditional education activities have been well coordinated and implemented, fostering patriotism in students. In addition, activities to educate ethics and cultural lifestyle have received attention, such as: The campaign“Every day a good news, every week a beautiful story”;Forum“Building beautiful friendships-Say no to school violence".

Representatives of the two units signed the cooperation program for the period 2020 - 2025. Photo: MH

In addition, the work of creating an environment that encourages learning, creativity, scientific research, and capacity buildingEnglish, application of information technology and international integration, life skills for students are also focused on implementation.

In which, creative competitionsscience and technology, Student singing, Nghe An province's Youth Informatics Contest, and Student English Olympic Contest are useful playgrounds to discover talented and excellent students.

Many volunteer activities have been deployed to support disadvantaged students at the Ky Son High School exam site in the 2020 High School Graduation Exam. Photo: document

The two sectors have also implemented many programs and solutions to encourage and facilitate the improvement of teaching and learning quality. Activities to support, motivate and encourage students to study and conduct scientific research continue to receive attention, especially for students with difficult circumstances.

From 2016 to present, the Scholarship Fund of the Youth Unions and Teams in the schools has mobilized 12.5 billion VND and awarded more than 24,000 scholarships to students with high academic achievements.

Youth Union and Pioneer movements at schools receive the participation of a large number of students. Photo: MH

At the signing ceremony, representatives of the two units also pointed out the limitations and shortcomings. That is, the coordination between the two sectors in some units is not yet tight and not synchronized, leading to the low efficiency of organizing some coordination activities. Although there are innovations in propaganda work, it is still not really attractive and appealing to a large number of students.

The implementation of policies and regimes for Youth Union, Association and Young Pioneers cadres in schools in some units has not had positive changes, many Youth Union cadres are over age but have not been replaced. Some competitions are still implemented too much or have overlaps affecting quality.

In the coming period, the two units will sign an agreement with 6 contents. Thereby, enhancing the role and responsibility of the Education sector and the Youth Union system at all levels in the work of educating, training and nurturing the young generation to develop comprehensively in morality, intelligence, physical strength and aesthetics.

Speaking at the ceremony, Director of the Department of Education and Training Thai Van Thanh affirmed the important role of the Youth Union and Young Pioneers in schools today. From there, educating the youth and students, promoting the traditions of Nghe An people, building a friendly, safe and healthy student environment.

Provincial Youth Union Secretary Le Van Luong presented Certificates of Merit to units that performed well in coordination work. Photo: MH

In the current context, the young generation also needs to have new skills to meet the development of technology 4.0. Therefore, the implementation of activities in the coming period must be practical and effective, attracting a large number of union members and young people to participate.

On the part of the education sector, promoting youth, young teachers must be the vanguard force, working for the community and organizing volunteer activities for students.

Director of the Department of Education and Training Thai Van Thanh commended the education and training departments for their good coordination. Photo: MH

At the ceremony, the Director of the Department of Education and Training and Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union awarded Certificates of Merit to 30 outstanding collectives and individuals in coordination work.